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The assessment of functional ability in patients with Parkinson's disease: The PLM‐test and three clinical tests
Author(s) -
Kokko SatuMari,
Paltamaa Jaana,
Ahola Erja,
Mälkiä Esko
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
physiotherapy research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1471-2865
pISSN - 1358-2267
DOI - 10.1002/pri.88
Subject(s) - parkinson's disease , test (biology) , disease , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , psychology , paleontology , biology
This study assesses functional ability of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients by means of an objective movement analysis (the PLM‐test) and three clinical tests. The correlation between the tests was also studied. The main object of this study was to detect and measure relevant disabilities in Parkinson's disease to obtain a clinical test battery. Copyright © 1997 Whurr Publishers Ltd.